Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 30th May 2022

When visiting this Website or any other associated Website (the "Website" or "Sites") owned by Method MetaGuild ("MMG", "We" or "Us") and its affiliates we collect and manage user data according to the following privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"). This document is part of the Website's Terms of Service, and by using the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. Please read the Terms of Service in their entirety, and refer to those for definitions and contacts.

Data Collected

We collect anonymous data from every visitor of the Website to monitor traffic and fix bugs. For example, we collect information like web requests, the data sent in response to such requests, the internet protocol address, the browser type, the browser language, and a timestamp for the request.

In order to enable certain Website features, we use Cookies (defined below) to store session information for your convenience. You can block or delete Cookies and still be able to use the Website, although if you do you may not be able to use certain Website features.

Minors and children should not use the Website. By using the Website, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.

Use of the Data

We only use your Personal Information as indicated in this Privacy Policy or Terms of Service, to provide you the Website services or to communicate with you about such services or the Website.

We employ industry standard techniques to protect against unauthorized access of data about you that we store, including Personal Information.

MMG may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

For the purposes for which you provided it;
To process and respond to your inquiries;
For internal research and reporting;
To improve the content and features of the Website;
To enforce the legal terms that govern your use of the Website; and
To administer and troubleshoot the Website.

Unless otherwise set forth herein, we do not share Personal Information you have provided to us without your consent, unless:

Doing so is appropriate to carry out your own request;
We believe it's needed to enforce our Terms of Service, or that is legally required;
We believe it's needed to detect, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues;
If required to do so by applicable law, regulation or legal process;
If necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of any person;
In connection with the sale of our business or assets; and
Otherwise protect our property, legal rights, or that of others.

When visiting the Website you agree to any processing of any Personal Information you provide us according to this policy.

Unless otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy, MMG will never contact you by email without your express consent.

Sharing of Data

We don't share your Personal Information with third parties, unless it is in accordance with this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service. From time to time aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve the Website and its services. We currently use Google Analytics and Cloudflare. Feel free to check out their own privacy policies to find out more.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by the Website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Website.

Use of Cookies

The Website uses cookies and/or similar technologies (collectively referred to as "Cookies"). A Cookie is a small bit of record-keeping information that many websites and other online products and services often store on a user's computer or device in order to identify it and associate activity with it.

When visiting the Website you may have options to enable or disallow Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept Cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline Cookies, if you do not want to accept them. We use Cookies to optimize your visit, make your browsing and/or user experience as effective as possible. This means that if you disallow Cookies, your use of the Website may not include all the Website features. If you browse the Website from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.

By using the Website you agree, and consent, to receive Cookies unless you manage your .

Please also note that the use of information obtained by certain third party providers is also subject to their own privacy policies and may differ from ours.

Special Notice Regarding Minors

We respect the privacy of children of all ages and in particular recognize the sensitivity of data concerning children under the age of 18 ("Minors") and therefore provide this special notice to parents and legal guardians regarding the collection and use of data collected from Minors. The Services are not directed toward Minors. If you are under the age of 18, you may not use or access the Services. If we discover that a Minor has provided us with Personal Data, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete (or retain such data in a limited capacity to meet regulatory requirements) such Minor's Personal Data from our system.

Links

The Website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy policy and terms of use of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Your Choices

You have choices over the Personal Information provided by you and by other sources, and how that information is used.

Your Choices About Information Provided by Third Parties

You may be able to control how third parties collect and share your Personal Information by changing your preferences or opting out of collection directly with those third parties. Before disclosing Personal Information to third parties, we recommend you check their respective privacy policies for further details.

Your Choices About the Website Using Your Information

You can exercise choices over how the Website uses your Personal Information and update your preferences at any time:

to disable selected Cookies from collecting information relating to analytics data and from serving you on our Website or third-party properties please see the Use of Cookies section of this Privacy Policy.

Users in the European Economic Area ("EEA")

As set out in more detail below, we only process or transfer your Personal Information where we can rely on legal grounds and appropriate safeguards to do so. You also have additional rights regarding your Personal Information if you are located in the EEA.

Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Information

We only process your Personal Information where we can rely on legal grounds to do so. We process your Personal Information for the purposes set out below.

Performance of the Services

We process your Personal Information for the performance of our services, to provide or support our products/services, or for any other feature you request or enable.

Consent

We process your Personal Information based on your consent.

Legitimate Interest

We process your Personal Information where we have a legitimate interest to do so. This includes, for example, processing:

to provide you with requested customer service or technical support; and
to debug and improve our current and future Website services.

Legal Obligation

We process your Personal Information for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Disclosure to Users outside the US and the EEA

If you are a visitor to our Website or other online products and services from outside the U.S., the Personal Information you provide will be collected, processed and stored directly on, or transferred to, servers in the United States or other countries where MMG or its affiliates maintain facilities or business operations.

No matter where your Personal Information is located, MMG takes commercially reasonable measures to safeguard your privacy rights in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the collection, processing, storage and transfer of your Personal Information, please do not provide your Personal Information when requested and stop using our Website and other online products and services.

External Data Storage Sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

For California Residents: CCPA Information

This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information contained elsewhere in this Privacy Notice and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California. We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.

Rights and Choices

The CCPA provides consumers located in the state of California with certain rights regarding their Personal Information and data. The following section describes those rights and explains how to exercise them:

Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights

You have the right to request that MMG disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (as described in the section "Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights"), we will disclose to you:

The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal Information.
The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you (also called data portability request)
If we sold or disclose your Personal Information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:

Sales, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient purchased, and
Disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient obtained

Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights

To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by emailing us at [email protected].

Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

You have the right to request that the company disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request we will disclose to you:

The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal Information.
The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you (also called data portability request).
If we sold or disclose your Personal Information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:

Sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased, and
Disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient obtained

You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access of data portability twice within a twelve (12) month period. The verifiable consumer request must:

Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative.
Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you.

Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make major changes in the way we collect or use information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Website. A user is bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses the Services after such changes have been first posted.

Should you have any question or concern, please write to [email protected].